Radien

robio wrote:You're mistaken about the sides of the pyramids. At the time they were built, they did have smooth surfaces, layered atop the structures we see now. There's still remnants of the smoother surface atop the Pyramid of Khafre (the "middle" one).

Oh really? I never knew that. I always thought the smooth faces were a modern fiction. I wouldn't have expected weathering to square them off.

I'm guessing that Doc and Marty would have had a ramp built at the bottom of the pyramid to meet the ground more gradually. Since there would be no ramp in Egpyt of 1985, they'd have to make the jump immediately after hitting the dirt.

But wait, a lightning strike is also required?!? That means it lacks fuel AND power. Man, those two don't take very good care of their time machine...

goldenthorn

Radien wrote:Oh really? I never knew that. I always thought the smooth faces were a modern fiction. I wouldn't have expected weathering to square them off.

You might have been thinking of the step pyramids at Saqqara, which are... stepped. Blocks, not smooth. (The Gizeh ones are actually pretty rough; you can still bribe people to take you for a climb (steep, but pretty easy on the rough surfaces) to the top at midnight. Not that *ahem* I'd know anything about that or would condone such a thing, nope.) But, yep, person is correct--the Gizeh ones were originally smoooooove. Limestone.

arlia101

I realize this is rather outdated now, but seeing as people are still commenting here...

I was staring at the design, and have an alternative view on the double reeds for some of you out there:
They're lightning rods.
It would read something like, "The two men acquired two tall poles/reeds. To use the lightning, a wire was run (footed pine) down from the rods. When there were thunderclouds gathering above the pyramid (dome-over-the-triangle glyph), the "chariot" began to race down the side..."

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